
Hydrosalpinx From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A hydrosalpinx is a distally blocked fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid. The blocked tube may become substantially distended giving the tube a characteristic sausage-like or retort-like shape. The condition is often bilateral and the affected tubes may reach several centimeters in diameter. The blocked tubes cause infertility . A fallopian tube filled with blood is a hematosalpinx , and with pus a pyosalpinx. Hydrosalpinx is a composite of the Greek words ὕδωρ (hydro - "water") and σαλπιγξ (salpinx - ' "trumpet"); its plural is hydrosalpinges . Contents · 1 Etiology · 2 Symptoms · 3 Diagnosis · 4 ...